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Litton/Langham Jazz Group  - Spats, Martin & Sked
Tuesday 10 November 2009

    

Born in 1957, Martin Litton graduated from Colchester

Institute with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in music. His

early career included periods with Harry Gold and His

Pieces of Eight and Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen, with whom he

toured the Middle East and Russia. Later work included

recording with leading British and American jazz

musicians including Humphrey Lyttelton, Wally

Fawkes, Kenny Davern, Wild Bill Davison and Marty

Grosz. Martin spends his time playing across the UK and

touring Europe with a number of ensembles.

 

Thomas ‘Spats’ Langham, born in 1971, was playing

ukulele at a very early age. He took up the tenor banjo at

the age of 13 with a local band in his native Buxton,

Derbyshire, later studying music for two years at college in

Manchester. Afterwards he embarked on a career in classic

jazz, touring Europe with The Pasadena Roof Orchestra,

Sammy Rimington and The Charleston Chasers. He

subsequently worked with Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and

performs frequently with the world-renowned master of

vintage jazz, Keith Nichols.

 

          

Malcolm Sked (Sousaphone and string bass) started

Euphonium at school, and joined the local brass band

when he was 13. At 16 he joined the Charleston Chasers

playing Tuba, and later Sousaphone, and stayed with the

band for 15 years! In 2000 he joined Bob Kerr’s Whoopee

Band and has toured extensively around Europe.

As well as working with Hot Fingers and the Hot

Combination, Malcolm works freelance for a wide variety

of bands and musicians of all styles and sizes, including

Keith Nichols, the Pasadena Roof Orchestra and Martin

Litton, as well as continuing with Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band.

 

 
When: 8:00pm    Where: Royal Oak Hotel
  Tuesday 10 November    Enquiries: (03) 6331 5346

 

Dinner music 6:30pm: Bruce Gourlay

Homecoming
Tuesday 19 January 2010

 

James Le Fevre (saxophone) Andrew Jones (piano), Daryl Kerkham (guitar), Peter Waddle (bass), Andrew Dennis (drums).

 

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Jazz Around Town (Launceston)
Country Club Tasmania - Live Jazz
Every Sunday of the month

 

Sit back, relax and enjoy smooth jazz every Sunday in Tonic from 3-6pm.  Free entry.

 

For more information please ring  (03) 6221 1644

 

Centennial Hotel  - Cnr. Bathurst & Balfour Sts.

Every 3rd Saturday of the month

 

Presenting the Jazzmanians from 7:30pm - Max Gourlay (clarinet, swing fiddle, vocal),  Bruce Gourlay (piano/electric piano), Bruce Innocent (drums), Ken Philpott (string bass).

 

For more information please ring  (03) 6331 4957

 

Jazz at The Pav  - Yorktown Square
Every Friday of the month

 

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY - Groovy jazz from 5:30pm

 

For more information please ring  (03) 6331 9114

 

The Northern Club  -  5/61 Cameron Street
Every 2nd Friday of the month

 

Dinner & Jazz from 7:00-10:00pm - an evening of live music, fine food and great company.

 

Bookings essential - Phone 6331 3568

 

 Major Jazz Events Happening Around the State
Classical Meets Jazz @ the Tasmanian Arboretum, Eugenana
21st February 2010

 

Soothing classical in the morning. Groovy jazz in the afternoon.

 

Ph: 03 6424 0511

 

2010 Clarence Jazz Festival
23rd to 28th February 2010

 

The Clarence Jazz Festival is Tasmania's premier jazz festival featuring six days of concerts in a distinctive range of riverside settings. It is renowned among patrons for its great locations and unrivalled good vibes.

Contact Wendy Moles 03 6245 8638

 

2010 Launceston Jazz Festival
25th, 26th & 27th June 2010

 

 
On the Radio
All Sundays: 8.00-11 pm
JAZZ SPECTRUM with John Doyer, Allen Young and Stephanie Thorne, City Park Radio, FM 103.7 MHz
Saturdays, Sundays: 5-7 pm
JAZZ TRACK with Mal Stanley, ABC Classic FM, 93.3 MHz
Monday to Friday: 6-9 PM
THE BREEZE (Broadcast nationally) and JAZZ AT SUNDOWN with John Diegan, Heart FM 95.7
Wednesdays: 10-11PM
THE BREEZE with John Diegan, WAY-FM, 105.3 MHz
Repeated on Sundays, 10-11 PM

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